Below are the headlines found on The Punch Online Newspaper for today, Thusday, 7th September, 2017.

Buhari and FEC meetings
Thu, 07 Sep 2017
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's reputation fell further on Tuesday when he shelved the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting for the flimsiest of reasons. According to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Muhammed, the meeting was called off because government functionaries were apparently enjoying an extended Sallah holiday. This is as ridiculous as the one his []
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2019: Minister pledges to back Atiku against Buhari
Thu, 07 Sep 2017
Niyi Odebode, John Alechenu, Eniola Akinkuotu, Leke Baiyewu and Olaleye Aluko The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Alhassan, has declared her readiness to support former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar's bid for the Presidency against President Muhammadu Buhari if the former decides to contest in 2019. Alhassan, in an interview with the BBC []
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Adeyeye, others kick as Fayose's deputy emerges PDP gov candidate
Thu, 07 Sep 2017
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, has emerged as the consensus candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2018 governorship election. Olusola emerged from the list of strong contenders for the governorship ticket as the 'most preferred candidate' at a meeting held on Wednesday by party bigwigs in []
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After recession, focus on non-oil sector, Utomi, others advise FG
Thu, 07 Sep 2017
Oyetunji Abioye A professor of Political Economics, Pat Utomi, has advised the Federal Government to come up with specific and deliberate policies that will enhance the growth of the non-oil sector in order to enable the country to sustain its exit from recession. In its second quarter Gross Domestic Product report released on Tuesday, the []
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Fayose faults exit from recession claim
Thu, 07 Sep 2017
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has faulted the claim by the National Bureau of Statistics that the country has climbed out of economic recession. The governor said the reality on ground showed that Nigerians were suffering and dying, with foods and drugs out of their reach, adding that no statistics would []
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We'll grow economy as rapidly as we can ' Udoma
Thu, 07 Sep 2017
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, said on Wednesday that with the exit from recession, the task ahead was to grow the Nigerian economy in a rapid manner. Udoma, who stated this while reacting to the Gross Domestic Product growth rate report released on Tuesday by the National Bureau []
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